The Hatch

The Hatch is a mentioned escape route for lucky survivors who come across it. It has also been mentioned to show itself toward undeserving survivors who accidentally fall into The Woods. This is shown within Sophie Rickman and Carly Forester who both accidentally end up within The Woods.

Some survivors, like Zoey Bennett, nickname it as "An Angel's Wing", in a reference toward it being the only good aspect of The Woods. Although the Hatch has been known to save survivors, the last time someone was recorded escaping through it was in 2001, 13 years prior to the series.

Although the Hatch is a known escape route, other survivors have been known to escape through an iron Gate. Within Letter 1, Toby Cuddihy mentions a Generator which automatically killed a man and a theory of if enough Generators were to be completed, something would open, in which he was inclining the iron Gates. It is unknown if the Gates also take the survivors back to Earth like the Hatch does.